In reply to a post by don0301:

update:

got nowhere with local councillor. he spoke with case officer last night, crux of it is "its up to you as a resident to get BT to come back"

thanks councillor......

got nowhere with the highways agency guy.....

case officer not answered phone for 2 days now....

possible good news. now managed to speak with the guy responsible for conservation areas for the engineering co. hes gonna speak with BT and find out what their plans are now, and get back to me

hopefully i can get them to resubmit a planning application.

all in all, what a joke.....

As the councillor will not do anything, ask him for FULL contact details of the case officer - 'phone, mobile and email as well as those of his manager. If the councillor refuses then straight to the office of the party leader or mayor.

Go back to the Highways guy and demand an answer in writing as to why he recommended refusal on incorrect grounds and that he had obviously failed to read the application. If he refused - go to the Council's Chief Executive.

If you have got nowhere then call the local press and get them to publish a story about how the council are stifling progress on spurious grounds, that your representative (councillor) is shirking his responsibilities ...

It would be worth confirming which cabinet is yours, either post your postcode and someone will look it up or Google coolwebhome and use the checker on there.

Just because a cabinet was there before the estate doesn't mean it's not supplying lines to the estate.

the case officer is supposed to be calling me according to the councillor

but i was told by the councillor that she cant call the engineering firm to tell them what they need to do to get an approval

he (the councillor) led me to believe that if they put more accurate information in a new planning application regarding not affecting the path or the trees, that it would get approval

i passed this on to the engineering firm guy who deals with conservation areas

still waiting for him to get back to me on what BT plans are now

hopefully i can influence from that end as i dont see any way forward from speaking further with the council or the councillor

Edited by deleted (Fri 06-Jul-12 10:27:48)

I know Colchester fairly well, worked there for a few years after living there as a kid.

Some parts of the town are small footpaths, so can envisage new cabinets being an issue. Postcode of where existing cab will help us judge the situation.

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/news/5039-hug-a-street... shows this is not unique to Colchester.

I think the trick is to get support from the residents in the area, particularly those closest to likely cabinet position. A voice of one is easily ignored, 20 or 30 voices is harder to ignore.

Openreach tends to view difficult areas as something they will come back to, as their roll-out speed means time spent by planning dept on this one cab might delay planning for another 3 or 4.

The council should have details of the planning available online, or at worst a visit to their offices.

now spoken with the case officer who basically tried to cover her a**e

ive demanded a written response from her as to exactly why the planning was denied, tho not sure how that will help me

apparently the tree officer wasnt satisfied that they gave enough information that the trees wouldnt be damaged......

looks like my only hope is the engineering firm persauding BT to reapply planning

still waiting to hear back from them

spoken with the engineering firm

they said BT have deferred now

speaking with another councillor now who seems much more helpful

looks like we'll have to lobby BT to come back

joy.....

Damage to trees sounds more like problems with roots and the ducting to link the two cabinets, or ducting to get the mains power needed to the area.

You sure the information is not online as I can find
http://www.planning.colchester.gov.uk/WAM/doc/Drawin...

The search openreach pcp streetworks planning permission site:colchester.gov.uk finds a lot more of them too.

If you do not know the cabinet number, then http://www.coolwebhome.co.uk/fibre/checker.php may well give you the number

the existing cabinet is P20

the planning application was given in an earlier reply

http://www.planning.colchester.gov.uk/WAM/showCaseFi...

but what cabinet is live yours?

If you don't want to post your postcode, PM it to MrSaffron, R0NSKI or myself. It is important to confirm which cabinet you are connected to, and the postcde may tell us.